5 Best Leonardo DiCaprio Performances

The Basketball Diaries(1995): DiCaprio is thrilling as Jim Carroll, the late New York poet and musician who chronicled his teenage descent into heroin addiction in his memoir of the same name. He shows great range within a single performance, between the physicality of the athleticism and violence required of him and the emotional depths he plumbs at Carroll's lowest moments. This is a great example of how his babyish features and lanky frame can... more 

The Basketball Diaries(1995): DiCaprio is thrilling as Jim Carroll, the late New York poet and musician who chronicled his teenage descent into heroin addiction in his memoir of the same name. He shows great range within a single performance, between the physicality of the athleticism and violence required of him and the emotional depths he plumbs at Carroll's lowest moments. This is a great example of how his babyish features and lanky frame can seem alternately wholesome and dangerous. This performance and his work in "Gilbert Grape" provided an exciting, early glimpse of the fearless actor he would become. Think of any other examples? Share them with AP Movie Critic Christy Lemire through Twitter: http://twitter.com/christylemire. less